Shamit Kumar Tomar – Biography
I am Shamit Kumar Tomar and this is about me.
Statistics:
- Worked on and created more than 200 PHP/MySQL based websites.
- Ranked in 500 Top Coders on vWorker (formerly RentACoder).
- Actively answering programming questions on StackOverflow with 10000+ reputation points and moderator access.
- Programming for around 15 years.
Professional:
After 15 years of programming experience, I can classify my coding status as following:
| Experience | Languages / Platforms / Skills |
|---|---|
| Excellent: | PHP / MySQL on Apache (LAMP), C, HTML / CSS / Javascript. |
| Very Good: | jQuery, .NET (C#), C++, Visual C++ (MFC, ATL), Managed VC++, Logo. |
| Good: | Java, VB, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, MS-Access, Oracle, dBase III+, PL/SQL, PhotoShop CS5, Linux Administration. |
| Limited: | XNA, Assembly, .NET Compact, COBOL, PASCAL, Windows Script Host, ASP, Flash, MatLab, Perl. |
Major Academic Achievements:
- Undertook Microsoft Corporation projects “Shapes Recognition” and “Educational Resource Management System” created using Microsoft Technologies (Visual C++ / MFC / .NET) 2006, 2007.
- 2nd runner-up in 2nd National Software Development & Debugging Contest held at Gwalior, 2005.
- Selected in top 75 in Microsoft Imagine Cup 2007.
- Completed the Overnight Software Development Contest at 6th Annual National Level Technical & Cultural Symposium at HCST, 2006.
- Developed highly acclaimed Hindi Programming Language.
- Engineering graduate in Information Technology.
- Engineering postgraduate dropout in Information Technology.
Personal:
I love life and enjoying every second of it as it comes. Be Happy. Live and let others live is my mantra of life. A music lover, gadget freak, loves surfing Internet on my box running more than 10 operating systems. One of my voyage is to help others by my knowledge base and experience. So, I created GetGyan and GetSexGyan. Also, having a great interest in Hindi (my mother tongue / language). Obsessed by that, I developed a Hindi Programming Language.
When I am not developing or coding, I travel, volunteer in charitable work and watch TV. Otherwise, I am single and ready to mingle.
Interests:
Constructive Programming, Exploring new technologies and languages, Computer Gaming, Googling, roaming on Wikipedia, reading IT-related articles and cricket umpiring.
Things I can do:
- Remain awake for straight 55 hours.
- Programming for straight 25 hours.
- Watch 8 movies ‘alone’ and back to back in a single day.
